Above: The Ostrow School of Dentistry Neighborhood Mobile Clinic provided care to Weemes Elementary students for Give Kids a Smile Day on February 1. Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC students and faculty produced dozens of smiles during 2013’s Give Kids a Smile Day on Feb. 1. Nearly 100 children, ranging from kindergarten to […]
Dr. James “Jim” Simon, Advanced Endodontics program director and Wayne G. and Margaret L. Bemis Professor of Endodontics at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC, passed away Sunday, February 3, 2013. He was 78 years old. Simon was born December 13, 1934 in Boston. From age 14 to 18, he attended the Phillips […]
Above: DDS 2014 students Josh Weinstein, Sean Vreeburg, and Nathan Simarro in Methare with local children. The following article is a firsthand account courtesy of Professor Mary Ellen Toffle of the University of Messina, Italy, and the USC Dental Humanitarian Outreach Project. The line extends out the door into courtyard and into the dusty slum […]
Above :Ostrow students hand out dental care supplies to families during the annual Angel City Christmas Celebration on Dec. 8. Ostrow School of Dentistry students and faculty celebrated the season of giving a little early last weekend by handing out 2,000 free dental kits and information packets to the Los Angeles community as part of […]
The 2013 Ostrow School of Dentistry Research Day will be held Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at the USC Galen Center. DDS students, dental hygiene students, residents, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, research associates, and faculty are all encouraged to participate and present research at this important event. Students and faculty from the Divisions of Biokinesiology & […]
Above: Over the next five years, the First 5 LA grant will allow the Ostrow School of Dentistry to connect nearly 46,000 disadvantaged children ages five and under to dental care. First 5 LA has announced that the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC will receive nearly $18.4 million in grant funds in support […]
The Ostrow School of Dentistry has launched a new online program aimed at busy practicing dentists who want to enhance their competency in treating geriatric patients. The Online Master of Science in Geriatric Dentistry, a three-year program, uses weekly videoconferences, online lectures and quizzes, a research project, and short yearly visits to campus to give […]
Above: Debra Tan DDS ’13 and Alexi Eyvazi, Ostrow clinical assistant professor, treat Shondell Bennett at the 2012 Care Harbor Clinic. Students, residents, and faculty of the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC spent September 27-30 at the Los Angeles Sports Arena caring for hundreds as part of the 2012 Care Harbor service event. […]
Above: Alyson Straub DDS ’13 treats Air Force veteran Rudolph Valencia in the USC Mobile Dental Clinic. The Ostrow School of Dentistry Mobile Dental Clinic provided military veterans with much-needed dental care during the 2012 Compton Stand Down September 22-23. 2012 was the Mobile Clinic’s second year at the Stand Down event, which is orchestrated […]
Above: Yang Chai Ostrow School of Dentistry Professor Yang Chai has been named chair of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research Board of Scientific Counselors. Professor Chai, who holds the George and Mary Lou Boone Chair in Craniofacial Biology and is the associate dean of research and director of the Center for Craniofacial […]
